My husband thinks I’m a dork for getting excited about “Breaking Dawn,” but what can I say? I resisted reading or watching any of the “Twilight” series for quite a while, but the moment I did, I was hooked.

My co-worker, Tara, and I established our mutual love of “Twilight” shortly after we began working together and have been excited for “Breaking Dawn” ever since. We went online a few weeks ago to find tickets to a midnight showing. We ruled out NorthPark immediately, because she had gone to the midnight showing of “Eclipse” there, and was completely overwhelmed by the massive sea of people, noise, and chaos. We even avoided Dallas altogether to see if we could find a calmer theater, but figured it would ultimately do little good amidst the massive following of the saga. We even had the fabulous idea to buy tickets to Studio Movie Grill because we could reserve our seats ahead of time, and avoid standing in line for hours the day of the show.

After work today, Tara came over to watch “Eclipse,” then we immediately drove to the theater for the 12 a.m. showing. We arrived about an hour before it started, expecting lines and chaos. What we found though, were two orderly, short lines and were in our seats in a matter of minutes. I kept expecting something to go wrong, but it never did. Everything from buying the tickets online to sitting in the theater went perfectly smoothly.

Don’t get me wrong though. There were a lot of excited fans throughout the theater, milling through the halls, chatting with their friends about what Bella’s wedding dress would look like, and trying to avoid the waiters darting past with baskets of french fries and full martini glasses. It appeared that six theaters at Studio Movie Grill were open (and sold out) for the event.

Once in our seats, we looked around at the other anxious faces. Some people wore “Team Edward,” “Team Jacob,” or even pink glittery “Breaking Dawn” shirts.

One woman behind us, sitting with three friends, took the time before the movie started to cuddle up in her seat with her jacket draped over her, and take a nap.

The girl beside me, perhaps 10 years old, and there with her dad, covered her eyes during any bedroom scenes.

I was worried there would be extra talking and noise during the movie, but everyone there was so engrossed in the story that they laughed and sighed only at appropriate times. The loudest noise the entire night was the collective, exasperated groan when the first credit rolled, because we all knew it would be a year from today before we could see the second half.

Of course it is now 3:30 a.m. so there will be a morning Starbucks stop on my way into the office, and Tara and I both hope our co-workers understand our glazed-over eyes, but no matter what I say tomorrow, it was worth it.

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